Charles Sumner: “Everywhere in the Rebel States disloyal persons are struggling for…”

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Everywhere in the Rebel States disloyal persons are struggling for power; and now at the door of the Senate we witness a similar struggle.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner observes that disloyal individuals are vying for power in the Rebel States and similarly in the Senate.

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